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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Omaha, NE

May 8, 1995Cass County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1995, 11:01 PM CDT for Cass County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1995, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Cass County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1995-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1995-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1136 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOMA 090401
TOROMA
NEC025-090430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1101 PM CDT MON MAY 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...CASS COUNTY
 
AT 1100 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES
NORTH OF WEEPING WATER OR 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
LINCOLN.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MPH.  MANLEY AND
LOUISVILLE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
 
TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IMMEDIATELY.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  DAMAGE REPORTS OR OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER
SHOULD BE GIVE@N TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
 
MILLER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXGage, Lancaster37 min
May 8, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXNemaha28 min
May 8, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJohnson28 min
May 8, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Lancaster29 min
May 8, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXNemaha35 min
May 8, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXOtoe53 min
May 8, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass, Otoe32 min
May 8, 10:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass49 min
May 8, 11:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXLancaster34 min
May 8, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSarpy39 min
May 8, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCass38 min
May 9, 12:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXNemaha, Otoe3 hr
May 9, 12:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXCass3 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.